Memory Man

David Baldacci

Apr 2015 · Memory Man Series Book 1 · Hachette Audio · Narrated by Ron McLarty

About this audiobook

This "impossible to put down" #1 New York Times bestseller introduces Amos Decker, a gifted police detective with a perfect memory who must solve a mystery he wishes he could forget: his family's murder (Washington Post).

Amos Decker's life changed forever--twice.

The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to play in the NFL. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field forever, and left him with an improbable side effect--he can forget nothing.

The second time was at home nearly two decades later. Now a police detective, Decker returned from a stakeout one evening and entered a nightmare--his wife, young daughter, and brother-in-law had been murdered.

His family destroyed, their killer's identity as mysterious as the motive behind the crime, and unable to forget a single detail from that horrible night, Decker finds his world collapsing around him. He leaves the police force, loses his home, and winds up on the street, taking piecemeal jobs as a private investigator when he can.

But over a year later, a man turns himself in to the police and confesses to the murders. At the same time a horrific event nearly brings Burlington to its knees, and Decker is called back in to help with this investigation. Decker also seizes his chance to learn what really happened to his family that night. To uncover the stunning truth, he must use his remarkable gifts and confront the burdens that go along with them. He must endure the memories he would much rather forget. And he may have to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Memory Man will stay with you long after the turn of the final page.

Ratings and reviews

I have listened to a lot of audio books including a good number by david ballduci. love his books about archet the PI. This book is just terrible. the whole story line is bad. the sequence of events is terrible. he talks about how the guy has perfect total recall memory but the way he does it in the story is just plain stupid. The sequence of events in the story makes zero sense. worse than all that the way it's recorded and read is hands down the worst I have ever heard. tone and level of the voices constantly changing. I counted at least 6 different sounding voices and / or recordings. don't waste your time and money. I don't understand how this was the first of so many books with this same storyline. seriously pissed I wasted my money on it.

This is my first experience with an audiobook and i must say i had great difficulty believing it. it came across as being "read" instead of natrual discussion between the characters? Especially when female characters were being "read". Very stilted and fake. Being a police officer myself, I found that a lot of the shared lingo between the characters when pertaining to the investigation, was way off! I wondered if the author had any law enforcement consultationn for this at all!! i could not read

What might have been a decent story is marred by sound editing so poorly done that it makes listening to this audiobook painful.

About the author

DAVID BALDACCI is a global #1 bestselling author, and one of the world's favorite storytellers. His books are published in over forty-five languages and in more than eighty countries, with 150 million copies sold worldwide. His works have been adapted for both feature film and television. David Baldacci is also the cofounder, along with his wife, of the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America. Still a resident of his native Virginia, he invites you to visit him at DavidBaldacci.com and his foundation at WishYouWellFoundation.org.